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A year ago, Town & Country magazine famously declared that Jerry Jones‘ daughter, Charlotte Anderson, “may be the future face of his $2 billion empire.” This past weekend, she was the face of the Salvation Army’s national advisory board. As the group’s chairman, she welcomed the high-powered group to a two-day national board meeting in the Dallas area.

The Dallas Cowboys exec kicked off the gathering with an executive leadership breakfast at the Hilton Anatole where former first lady Laura Bush (a SA advisory board member) introduced Jerry Jones who addressed the crowd of 450 high pro folks like Mayor Mike Rawlings, state Sen. Royce West and philanthropist Margot Perot, a life member of the SA board.

Later, Gene and Jerry Jones and Charlotte and her husband, Shy Anderson, co-hosted dinner for the group in the Owner’s Club at Cowboys Stadium. Joining the Joneses and Andersons at the head table were Laura and George W. Bush, Emmitt Smith, and national advisory board life member Ruth Altshuler and her daughter Sally Harris.

The local gathering of Salvation Army heavyweights was a chance to honor the late Dallas philanthropist Charles Wyly, who served on the national Salvation Army board for a decade and on the local board for 40 years. He died unexpectedly last summer in an auto accident in Aspen, Colo.

His widow, Dee Wyly, and his daughters, Jennifer Lincoln, Emily Wyly and Martha Miller, were all hand at the stadium gathering for the posthumous presentation of the Salvation Army’s highest honor–the Evangeline Booth Award, to Charles Wyly.

Why is the National Advisory Board of the Salvation Army gathering in Dallas next month for a meeting? First, it’s home to the board chairwoman: Dallas Cowboys executive VP Charlotte Jones Anderson. Second, it will give the group a chance to salute Dallas billionaire philanthropist Charles Wyly, who will be posthumously recognized at the meeting.

Wyly died in a car accident in Aspen in August and was a member of the national board and served more than 40 years on the local Salvation Army board.

Other locals currently on the NAB include Laura Bush, Gene Jones, Bobby Lyle and lifetime members Ruth Altshuler and Margot Perot.